Stuffed Crust Sopressata Pizza With Lemony Arugula Salad
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 1:50PM 
Pepperidge Farm and Better Homes & Gardens magazine partnered in a contest to find new, original recipes for their puff pastry products back in December.
I submitted this recipe and won the grand prize of an all expenses paid trip to New York City and a possible mention in Better Homes & Garden magazine. The idea for the recipe came from a late night discussion with my husband about the wonders of puff pastry - the recipe is really his idea, manifested with my tastes in mind. There's a tiny little blurb in the May 2010 issue of the magazine on a Pepperidge Farm advertisement and the recipe is up on the Pepperidge Farm website along with three other recipes that won their categories in appetizer, main course, and dessert. There is a Farmer's Breakfast Tart, Jalapeno Poppers in a Blanket, and Creamed Bananas in Puff Pastry Shells. All look delicious, especially the jalapeno poppers - I might have to try those out.
I feel very honored to have won the contest and would like to thank all of those that voted for my recipe. My sister, brother-in-law and I will be taking the trip to NYC next week and I'll be sure to post all about that soon. My sister and I will be taking a master cooking class at the French Culinary Institute with Andre Soltner - something I'm very much looking forward to!
If the idea of eating an entire pizza made of puff pastry sounds daunting, try turning these into little hors d'oeuvre-size tarts.
